The EU\u2019s \u2018Fit for 55\u2019 package envisages that maritime transport should be included in the ETS, suggesting that shipping companies will pay 100% emission rights for journeys between EU ports and 50% for journeys to and from the EU.<\/p>\n
The chair of the Port Authority of Valencia, Aurelio Mart\u00ednez, says that current plans will have a \u2018null impact\u2019 on the overall reduction of emissions from shipping and may even worsen the situation. Moreover, it may lead to a reduction in activity and therefore the competitiveness of European exports.<\/p>\n
Shifting the problem elsewhere<\/strong><\/p>\n In a report, Aurelio Mart\u00ednez argues that, whilst the Port of Valencia supports the objectives of the programme, proposals as they stand will not solve the problem, merely shift it elsewhere. \u201cThe objective of decarbonisation will not be achieved as there will be carbon leakage from ships that will go to environmental havens in non-EU ports,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n He uses the example of a crossing between Shanghai and Valencia. \u201cIf on the crossing the boat calls at any of the non-member ports in the Mediterranean, the shipowner does not have to pay a penny for what has been spent and emitted during this part of the crossing, which is by far the longest.\u201d<\/p>\n To avoid these costs, shipping companies will make a call elsewhere, for example Tangier, before continuing to Valencia, he argues, adding that CO2 emissions may even rise because of increased journey distances and the possible use of smaller boats to carry cargo.<\/p>\n Other effects of the policy highlighted in the report include fewer direct lines, increasing costs for exporters and reducing trade flow.<\/p>\n Possible alternatives<\/strong><\/p>\n Valenciaport is working with the Port Authorities, Puertos del Estado and the European Sea Ports Organisation, on alternative proposals, such as extending the deadline for the introduction of the tax or the inclusion of neighbouring non-EU transhipment ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The boss of a European port is calling for a review of Europe\u2019s Emission Trading System (ETS), arguing that current proposals will not help reduce CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010\/revisions\/2012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}